Southern Baptist Convention: What s next after narrow election?
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Southern Baptist Convention Will Hold Runoff for New President
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Mohler Faces SBC Presidential Challenge from the Right
After 14 controversy-filled months as the only announced candidate for the next president of the Southern Baptist Convention, Al Mohler will face at least one challenger in the vote this June. On Wednesday (Jan. 13), a Baptist pastor from Georgia announced his candidacy to challenge Mohler, president of Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky.
Mike Stone, pastor of Emmanuel Baptist Church in Blackshear, Georgia, and immediate past chair of the SBC Executive Committee, immediately drew support from some in SBC life who have attacked Mohler for not being conservative enough, especially on issues of race. And Stone and his supporters argued the SBC needs a pastor not a seminary head to serve as president.